From leadership changes to tax repeal to robots — lots of robots — this was a busy year for the medical device industry. Here are 10 stories in the medtech space that especially caught the eye of MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing editors and readers in 2019. Next>>
Diversity in medtech is up: This top West executive has seen it
Medtech isn’t the male-dominated field it was decades ago and Karen Flynn, chief commercial officer at West Pharmaceutical Services, is here to tell you about it. Karen Flynn’s 35-year career in healthcare saw her rise through Cardinal Health and spinoff Catalent Pharma Solutions before joining West Pharmaceutical Services in 2008. Flynn has been West’s chief […]
Insights from Cathy Burzik’s 40 years in the healthcare industry
From the early days of software development to personalized cell and gene therapies, Cathy Burzik has witnessed a lot of technological evolution over the course of her 40-year career in the healthcare industry. She sat down with DeviceTalks’ former program manager Sarah Faulkner for an interview at AdvaMed’s The MedTech Conference this year, where she […]
Navigating the constantly choppy waters of medical device regulation
Regulations at the FDA and in the European Union are in constant flux, and that’s not even mentioning Brexit. Here’s how one regulatory expert keeps ahead of the changes. The regulatory space for medical devices is always evolving. Manufacturers have to keep up not only with FDA regulations, but other countries’ rules not to […]
Diversity in medtech: Just 18% of executive roles held by women
Just 18% of the executives at the 100 largest medical device companies are women, and those companies average only 15% female composition in the C suite, according to an analysis of Medical Design & Outsourcing’s annual Big 100. Of the 969 leadership roles in the companies on our list, only 172 are held by women, for an […]
Is this the way to improve organ transportation?
Organ transplants are performed annually to remove diseased organs and replace them with healthy ones to extend the lifespan of patients. Potential transplant recipients are placed on a waiting list by a doctor who has determined that a transplant is the best course of action. Once a donor organ is available, the organ transportation system […]
10 women in medtech manufacturing you should know
Women account for nearly one-third of employees in the manufacturing industry, where men have historically held the majority of jobs, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The situation includes manufacturers and other outsourcers serving the medical device space. The lack of diversity is even more apparent farther up the corporate leadership ladder. According to a report […]
7 women in medtech you should know
Women hold more executive leadership roles in the medtech industry today than they did 20 years ago, but there’s still a long way to go. There is still a women’s leadership gap in the U.S., though. According to a report from the Centers for American Progress, women hold 52% of professional jobs in the U.S. […]
Why partnerships between medtech companies and doctors are so important
As new devices and technologies are being developed in the medtech industry, doctors and physicians have to learn about the devices on platforms that are different from what they know. One way to help make the healthcare provider’s transition into using new devices easier is to forge a partnership between the industry and the physician, […]
5 leadership lessons from women in medtech
Among the medtech companies of the world, women hold a variety of leadership positions — like Cindy Kent, who is the president and general manager of 3M’s Infection Prevention Division, and Sandi Peterson, who is the executive VP and group worldwide chairman at Johnson & Johnson. Women, however, continue to be underrepresented in the top […]
